Man is called to a plentitude of life which goes well beyond his earthly life since it is a participation in God’s own life. The depth of this supernatural vocation reveals the grandeur and the price of human life even in its temporal phase. (Evangelium Vitae, No. 2)

The North West and South West Regions are being rocked by growing conflicts between traditional rulers and their subjects over the disrespect of traditional procedures and political influence peddling, to name just these two. To better understand the growing discord between traditional rulers and their subjects, L’Effort Camerounais caught up with Prof. Paul Nchoji Nkwi of the Catholic University of Cameroon, CATUC, Bamenda, who explains the situation. Excerpts:

Pope Francis has erected the new Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, with territory taken from the Diocese of Buea, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Bamenda. He has appointed Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon, auxiliary of Bamenda, as the first bishop of the new diocese.

February 11 is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar as the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which recalls the 1858 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the vicinity of Lourdes, France. In Cameroon in the Central Region of Africa called Cameroon, it is celebrated as a National Youth Day, even if it offers little to the youth under a political and economic climate of impunity and corruption.